tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post3785734650608023592..comments2024-03-28T02:27:45.688-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: Your Wednesday Gallimaufry*OldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-73824207724808648962018-01-12T07:50:02.329-08:002018-01-12T07:50:02.329-08:00Heh.Heh.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-29883623415989905072018-01-12T07:38:06.977-08:002018-01-12T07:38:06.977-08:00You're welcome. I enjoyed juvat's passing...You're welcome. I enjoyed juvat's passing along the POC scene about taking horticulture.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08146728790019377401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-1732814289839059692018-01-11T05:44:53.906-08:002018-01-11T05:44:53.906-08:00Ah! A nuke! Nukes are awesome.
Of course, I'm...Ah! A nuke! Nukes are awesome.<br /><br />Of course, I'm a bit prejudiced in that regard.<br /><br />Good point on ease of use while blasted.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-2731299004346282482018-01-11T04:03:51.369-08:002018-01-11T04:03:51.369-08:00Was enlisted nuke on USS Carl Vinson (CVN70) 87-94...Was enlisted nuke on USS Carl Vinson (CVN70) 87-94, and boat/ ship were pretty much interchangeable. Boat was easier to say while drunk, as sshhhip was too easy to slur, thus giving yourself away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-50207385152808037732018-01-10T18:02:18.721-08:002018-01-10T18:02:18.721-08:00Oops!Oops!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-9472254814889405042018-01-10T17:40:06.901-08:002018-01-10T17:40:06.901-08:00What about the appellation CVE USS "Babraham ...What about the appellation CVE USS "Babraham Lincoln" when an inordinate number of female pregnant sailors just "happened" during one cruise? :)virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14577165785872035948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-50486474163263782292018-01-10T15:33:18.541-08:002018-01-10T15:33:18.541-08:00Oh, that right there is priceless!
(Need to watch...Oh, that right there is priceless!<br /><br />(Need to watch that one again!)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-41257062732897235832018-01-10T15:31:57.882-08:002018-01-10T15:31:57.882-08:00Unless one has a death wish. Or a please beat me u...Unless one has a death wish. Or a please beat me up wish.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-46680791550215189462018-01-10T14:56:46.062-08:002018-01-10T14:56:46.062-08:00"hortatory" made mine. Having just watc..."hortatory" made mine. Having just watched Pirates of the Caribbean, Dead men tell no tales (Again), it reminds me of a passage from the movie.<br /><br /><i>Carina Smyth: My calculations are precise and true. I'm not just an astronomer. I'm also a horologist.<br /><br />Captain Jack Sparrow: No shame in that, dear. We all have to make a living.<br /><br />Carina Smyth: No, I'm a horologist.<br /><br />Scrum: So was my mum. Although she didn't crow about it quite as loud as you."</i>juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-34532370259092748332018-01-10T14:18:37.348-08:002018-01-10T14:18:37.348-08:00Attended a rodeo last year as a guest. My hosts bo...Attended a rodeo last year as a guest. My hosts both served. We saluted, and I noticed several people in the crowd saluting. It would take a great deal of foolishness to kneel at a rodeo IMO.Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-28846986624596015762018-01-10T13:28:16.475-08:002018-01-10T13:28:16.475-08:00Ah, an engineering reason! I like it!Ah, an engineering reason! I like it!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-74883576133295486752018-01-10T11:44:07.502-08:002018-01-10T11:44:07.502-08:00Yeah, the article that headline links to talked ab...Yeah, the article that headline links to talked about that.<br /><br />I recall reading that about the bathtub on Iowa.<br /><br />One of my favorite nicknames was <em>Disco Briscoe</em> for USS Briscoe (DD 977) which I heard from a former yardbird. Which was my son's first ship.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-22121412661487861452018-01-10T11:37:22.415-08:002018-01-10T11:37:22.415-08:00Round here I will use the occasional carrier nickn...Round here I will use the occasional carrier nickname, Ike and TR for example. It's just that there are folks who would take us to task for the whole ALL CAPS thing. (Sorry, didn't mean to yell.)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-39009479650960897132018-01-10T11:34:33.392-08:002018-01-10T11:34:33.392-08:00Good to know! Didn't appear to be any Redskins...Good to know! Didn't appear to be any Redskins on that list either.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-17301349511684856842018-01-10T10:54:34.184-08:002018-01-10T10:54:34.184-08:00No urinals...how disconcerting. And how very polit...No urinals...how disconcerting. And how very politically correct.<br /><br />Now for trivia: The only bathtub on a US Navy ship was on <i>USS Iowa</i> (built specially for FDR who couldn't shower because of his medical situation with polio). <br /><br />Then again, there are the nicknames: <i>USS Eisenhower (Ike); USS Kittyhawk (Shitty Kitty); USS Constellation (Connie), USS Paul Ignatius (Iggy),</i> etc.LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-84545287151229266482018-01-10T10:33:21.650-08:002018-01-10T10:33:21.650-08:00Nicknames will still be used by me- Indy, Ike, Ab...Nicknames will still be used by me- Indy, Ike, Abe or Lincoln, Kidd, etc. - all short titles vice the whole USS Dwight David Eisenhower (CVN-69) is just easier in non-professional writing circles. "The Boat" is also a big fave, since it pisses off the Shoes. As for the flag salute- "what happens (in theory) if folks don't do what is laid out above?" They are either foreigners or assholes. No criminal processing, but they'll get the stink eye from me and possibly a polite comment about what is appropriate behavior. Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-75275181941941740262018-01-10T10:27:27.855-08:002018-01-10T10:27:27.855-08:00No urinals? Heard this from a former AUX-O on Vin...No urinals? Heard this from a former AUX-O on Vinson. It's a maintenance issue vice some sort of gender equity thing. Calcium build up in the narrow throat of the urinals due to lower pressure and less water which causes lots of clogs. Commodes don't have the same problems apparently. Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-40179269579174582652018-01-10T10:23:18.393-08:002018-01-10T10:23:18.393-08:00Your Broncos weren't on the Naughty List: htt...Your Broncos weren't on the Naughty List: http://deadline.com/2017/12/nfl-anthem-protests-week-16-ho-ho-ho-its-coal-in-the-stockings-for-the-nfl-1202232339/Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-33500093002113181052018-01-10T10:16:29.900-08:002018-01-10T10:16:29.900-08:00So you've been on both sides of the "grea...So you've been on both sides of the "great" boat/ship divide!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-57826401773709903862018-01-10T10:15:26.952-08:002018-01-10T10:15:26.952-08:00"Disapproving aspersions" has been offic..."Disapproving aspersions" has been officially added to my human interactions toolbox.<br /><br />Thanks Aaron!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-13406079260266668652018-01-10T09:54:28.096-08:002018-01-10T09:54:28.096-08:00The Boat.
It was the Ship when I was ship's co...The Boat.<br />It was the Ship when I was ship's company on Independence a long time ago. <br />As an Air Wing guy in my subsequent sea tours it was The Boat. <br />When attending Bakersfield Condors hockey games I render a correct salute even if I am in line at the beer vendor...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-44704810320256181462018-01-10T09:40:08.270-08:002018-01-10T09:40:08.270-08:0036 USC 301 has no penalty associated with violatin...36 USC 301 has no penalty associated with violating it, and also says "should" for each section rather than "must" or "will", so its strictly hortatory in nature. No governmental penalty, but you may cast disapproving aspersions upon any such troglodyte that fails to properly render honors.<br /><br />Interestingly enough, thanks to your post, I found out that under 36 USC 303 The rose is our national floral emblem. I did not know that. I guess Rule 303 in the US means give 'em the thorns.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08146728790019377401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-2569040225945976252018-01-10T09:06:40.897-08:002018-01-10T09:06:40.897-08:00Electric Boat was started up in 1899 specifically ...Electric Boat was started up in 1899 specifically to build John Holland submersible designs. They've been building US subs for over a hundred years. So that's pretty cool, but submarines were first called "submarine boats" (and in German still are - <em>Unterseeboot</em> or as we say, U-Boats. So I believe Electric Boat was named for what they built and not the other way around.<br /><br />I've been told interesting stories by boring people. Often called "college professors."OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-31668895889735764622018-01-10T08:46:51.759-08:002018-01-10T08:46:51.759-08:00It’s only something I think I was told a long time...It’s only something I think I was told a long time ago, but subs are boats because many were built by the electric boat division of General Dynamics.<br />I heard something, too, about the logistics (supply) ships having mixed crews (civilian & military), thus getting the USNS (United States Navy Ship) designation.<br />I forget most of the story because it was boring, not the information, but how and by whom it was related.<br />(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-62832692081324938182018-01-10T08:37:31.409-08:002018-01-10T08:37:31.409-08:00Unless they're engineers. DAMHIKUnless they're engineers. DAMHIKOldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.com